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BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  AVALON 
County  of  Los  Angeles,  State  of  California 


In  the  matter  of  creating  a  Bonded  Indebtedness 

for  the  acquisition,  construction  and 

completion  of  combined 

ELECTRIC  LIGHT  and  WATER  WORKS 

and  for  the  acquisition,  construction  and  completion  of 

GAS  WORKS 

by  the 

CITY  OF  AVALON 


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A  CERTIFIED  COPY  OF  THE  RECORDS  AND 
PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUS- 
TEES OF  THE  CITY  OF  AVALON,  COUNTY 
OF  LOS  ANGELES,  STATE  OP  CALIFOR- 
NIA, IN  THE  MATTER  OP  CREATING  A 
BONDED  INDEBTEDNESS  IN  THE  FOL- 
LOWING AMOUNTS  AND  FOR  THE  FOL- 
LOWING PURPOSES,  TO-WIT: 

First:  Eighty-eight  Thousand  ($88,000.00) 
Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  Electric  Light  and 
Water  Works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands, 
water  rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes, 
wires,  appurtenances,  and  other  property,  neces- 
sary and  proper  for  supplying  the  City  ofAvalon 
and  its  inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and 
water. 

Second:  Fifty-five  Thousand  ($55,000.00) 
Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  Gas  Works  by  the  City  of  Avalon, 
including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way, 
machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances,  and  other  prop- 
erty necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said  City 
and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light,  power  and 
heat. 

Said  proceedings  were  under  and  by  virtue 
of  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, entitled  "AN  ACT  AUTHORIZING  THE 
INCURRING  OF  INDEBTEDNESS  BY  CITIES, 
TOWNS,  AND  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATIONS 
FOR  MUNICIPAL  IMPROVEMENTS;  AND  REG- 
ULATING THE  ACQUISITION,  CONSTRUC- 
TION, OR  COMPLETION  THEREOF,"  which 
became  a  law  February  25th,  1901,  together  with 
all  Amendments  thereto. 

P.  V.  REEVES, 
President  of  the  Board. 
I.    L.   NEWBERRY, 
W.  H.  HEVREN, 
J.  ALBERT, 
W.  J.  WALTON, 

Board  of  Trustees. 
T.    M.    POLHAMUS, 

Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 
F.  M.  TIDBALL, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 
FREDERICK  BAKER,  City  Attorney. 


STATISTICS. 

The  City  of  Avalon  was  incorporated  June 
26th,  1913,  as  a  Municipal  Corporation  of  the 
Sixth  Class,  under  the  provisions  of  an  Act  of 
the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  ap- 
proved March  13th,  1883,  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  organization,  incorporation  and 
government  of  municipal  corporations,"  and  of 
the  Acts  amendatory  thereof. 

Population  1919    (estimated)    -  1,000 

Assessed  valuation  as  shown  by  the  Assess- 
ment Roll  of  1919-1920,  $1,099,965.00. 

Tax  rate  limited  by  law  to  $1.00  on  the 
$100.00  except  upon  a  two-thirds  vote  of  quali- 
fied electors. 

There  is  no  bonded  indebtedness  other  than 
that  herein   set  forth. 

There  is  no  litigation  pending  or  threatened 
affecting  City  Officers,  City  Boundaries,  or  this 
or  any  bond  issue  of  said  City,  or  the  corporate 
existence  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 


PROCEEDINGS  FOR  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  COM- 

IJINED  EliECn^RIC  LIGHT  AND  WATER 

WORKS   BONDS,   AND   GAS 

W  ORKS  BONDS. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  of 
April  18th,  1919,  1:30  P.  M. 

(Record  Book  No.  4,  Page  73.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  Cal., 
Friday,  April  18,  1919,  1:30  P.  M. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and  place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Walton,  Hevren,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Newberry  and  Albert. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  8:00 
P.  M.,  Friday,  April  18,  1919. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  Cal.,  of  April 
18,   1919,  8  P.  M. 

(Record  Book  No.  4,  Page  74.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  Cal., 
Friday,  April  18,  1919,  8:00  P.  M. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  in  regular  ad- 
journed session  at  the  above  time  and  place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present-^Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hev- 
ren and  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

It  was  moved  that  the  City  Engineer  be  in- 
structed to  make  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  the 
following  municipal  improvements,  to-wit: 

First:  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires, 
appurtenances,  and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water. 


Second:  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  gas  works  by  the  City  of  Avalon 
including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way, 
machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances,  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying 
said  city  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas,  for  light, 
power  and  heat. 

Carried  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren 
and  Reyes. 

Noes — None. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  1:30 
P.  M.,  Saturday,  April  19,  1919. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  Cal.,  of  April 
19,   1919,   1:30   P.   M. 

(Record  Book  No.  4,  Page  75.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  Cal., 
Saturday,  April  19,  1919,  1:30  P.  M. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  April  18,  1919, 
8:00  P.  M.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  regular 
adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and  place. 

Roll   Call: 

Present — Trustees  Walton,  Hevren,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Newberry  and  Albert. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  5:30 
P.  M.,  Saturday,  April   19,  1919. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  of 
April   19,   1919,  5:30  P.  M. 

(Record  Book  No.  4,  Pages  76-77.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  Cal., 
Saturday,  April  19,  1919,  5:30  P.  M. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Saturday,  April  19,  1919, 
1:30  P.  M.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  regular 
adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and  place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hev- 
ren and  Reyes. 


Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

The  City  Engineer  presented  the  following 
estimate  of  cost  of  Municipal  Improvements: 

"Avalon,    California, 

April  19,  1919. 

To  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon, 
California. 

Gentlemen: 

In  pursuance  of  your  instructions  to  make 
an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  certain  proposed 
municipal  improvements,  I  hereby  estimate  the 
cost  of  the  same  to  be  as  follows: 

First:  For  the  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires, 
appurtenances,  and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water, 
I  estimate  the  cost  to  be  the  sum  of  Eighty-eight 
Thousand    ($88,000.00)    Dollars. 

Second:  For  the  acquisition,  construction 
and  completion  of  gas  works  by  the  City  of  Ava- 
lon, including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of 
way,  machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said 
City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light,  power 
and  heat,  I  estimate  the  cost  to  be  the  sum  of 
Fifty-five  Thousand    ($55,000.00)    Dollars. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

A.  B.  WADDINGHAM, 
City  Engineer  of  the  City  of  Avalon." 

It  was  moved  that  the  estimate  of  the  City 
Engineer  be  adopted  and  approved  and  placed 
on  file.      Carried  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren 
and  Reyes. 

Noes — None. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 


Trustee  Hevren  offered  a  Resolution  en- 
titled : 

RESOLUTION  NO.  Ill 

A  RESOLUTION  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUS- 
TEES OF  THE  CITY  OF  AVALON,  COUNTY 
OF  LOS  ANGELES.  STATE  OF  CALIFOR- 
NIA, DETERMINING  THAT  THE  PUBLIC 
INTEREST  AND  NECESSITY  DEMAND 
THE  ACQUISITION,  CONSTRUCTION  AND 
COMPLETION  BY  SAID  CITY  OF  THE  FOL- 
LOWING MUNICIPAL  IMPROVEMENTS, 
TO-WIT: 

FIRST,  COMBINED  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  AND 
WATER   WORKS; 

SECOND,  GAS  WORKS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE 
OF  SUPPLYING  SAID  CITY  AND  ITS  IN- 
HABITANTS WITH  GAS;  THE  COST  OF 
WHICH  WILL  BE  TOO  GREAT  TO  BE  PAID 
OUT  OF  THE  ORDINARY  ANNUAL  IN- 
COME AND  REVENUE  OF  SAID  CITY. 

Said  Resolution  was  then  read  and  on  motion 
said  Resolution,  being  Resolution  No.  Ill,  was 
adopted  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren 
and  Reyes. 

Noes — None. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

Said  Resolution  No.  Ill,  as  adopted,  is  as 
follows: 

RESOLUTION  NO.   Ill 

A  RESOLUTION  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUS- 
TEES OF  THE  CITY  OF  AVALON,  COUNTY 
OF  LOS  ANGELES,  STATE  OF  CALIFOR- 
NIA. DETERMINING  THAT  THE  PUBLIC 
INTEREST  AND  NECESSITY  DEMAND  THE 
ACQUISITION,  CONSTRUCTION  AND  COM- 
PLETION BY  SAID  CITY  OF  THE  FOLLOW- 
LOWING  MUNICIPAL  IMPROVEMENTS, 
TO-WIT: 

FIRST,  COMBINED  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  AND 
WATER   WORKS; 


SECOND,  GAS  WORKS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE 
OF  SUPPLYING  SAID  CITY  AND  ITS  IN- 
HABITANTS WITH  GAS;  THE  COST  OF 
WHICH  WILL  BE  TOO  GREAT  TO  BE 
PAID  OUT  OF  THE  ORDINARY  ANNUAL 
INCOME  AND  REVENUE  OF  SAID  CITY. 

Be  it  resolved  and  determined  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  public  interests  and 
necessity  demand  the  acquisition,  construction 
and  completion  by  said  City  of  Avalon  of  the 
following  municipal    improvements,   to-wit: 

First:  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires, 
appurtenances,  and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants   with   light,   heat,   power  and   water. 

Second:  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  gas  works  by  the  City  of  Avalon, 
including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way, 
machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances,  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said 
City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light, 
power  and   heat. 

And  that  said  improvements  and  each  of 
them  are  necessary  and  convenient  to  carry  out 
the  objects,  purposes  and  powers  of  said  City. 

Section  2.  That  the  estimated  cost  of  said 
municipal  improvements  is  as  follows,  to-wit: 

First:  For  the  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires, 
appurtenances  and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water, 
the  sum  of  Eighty-eight  Thousand  ($88,000.00) 
Dollars. 

Second:  For  the  acquisition,  construction 
and  completion  of  gas  works  by  the  City  of  Ava- 
lon, including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of 


way,  machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said 
City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light,  power 
and  heat,  the  sum  of  Fifty-five  Thousand 
($55,000.00)    Dollars. 

And  that  the  cost  of  said  municipal  improve- 
ments and  each  of  them  is  and  will  be  too  great 
to  be  paid  out  of  the  ordinary  annual  income 
and  revenue  of  said  City. 

Section  3.  The  City  Clerk  shall  certify  to  the 
passage  and  adoption  of  this  Resolution  by  a 
vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  and  its 
approval  by  the  President  of  said  Board,  and 
shall  thereupon  cause  the  same  to  be  published 
once  in  The  Catalina  Islander,  a  weekly  news- 
paper of  general  circulation,  published  and  cir- 
culated in  said  City  of  Avalon. 

Adopted  and  approved  this  19th  day  of  April, 
1919. 

(SEAL) 

P.  V.  REYES, 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City 
of  Avalon,  California. 

Attest:  F.  M.  TIDBALL, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

State  of  California,  J 

County  of  Los  Angeles,         J-    ss. 
City  of  Avalon.  ) 

I,  F.  M.  Tidball,  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 
Avalon,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  whole  num- 
ber of  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
the  City  of  Avalon  is  five,  and  that  the  fore- 
going Resolution  was  duly  passed  and  adopted 
by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  its  members  at  a  reg- 
ular meeting  thereof  held  April  19.  1919,  and 
approved  by  the  President  of  said  Board  on 
said  date,  and  that  it  was  passed  by  the  follow- 
ing  vote: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren, 
Reyes. 

Noes — None. 


Absent — Trustee  Albert. 
(SEAL) 

F.    M.    TIDBAlJi. 
City   Clerk   of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

(A  copy  of  said  Resolution  No.  Ill,  attached 
to  the  following  affidavit  of  publication,  is  on 
file  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City 
of  Avalon.) 

AFFIDAVIT  OF  PUBLICATION  OF 

RESOLUTION  NO.  Ill  OF  THE 

CITY   OF  AVALON 

State  of  California, 
County  of  Los  Angeles, 
City  of  Avalon. 

E.  Windle  of  said  County  and  State,  being 
first  duly  sw^orn,  deposes  and  says: 

That  he  is  and  at  all  times  herein  mentioned 
was  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  over  eighteen 
years  of  age;  that  he  is  and  has  been  ever  since 
January  27th,  1914,  the  owner  and  publisher  of 
"The  Catalina  Islander,"  a  weekly  newspaper 
of  general  circulation,  published  and  circulated 
in  the  City  of  Avalon,  County  of  Los  Angeles, 
State  of  California,  and  that  said  newspaper 
now  is  and  has  been  ever  since  said  January 
27th,  1914.  published  for  the  dissemination  of 
local  news  and  intelligence  of  a  general  char- 
acter, and  now  has,  and  has  had  ever  since  said 
date,  a  bona  fide  subscription  list  of  paying  sub- 
scribers, and  that  said  newspaper  is,  and  has 
been  ever  since  said  date,  established,  printed  and 
published  at  regular  intervals,  to-wit,  on  Tuesday 
of  each  and  every  week,  in  the  State  of  Califor- 
nia, County  of  Los  Angeles,  City  of  Avalon, 
and  that  said  newspaper  is  and  has  been  ever 
since  said  January  27th,  1914,  a  newspaper  of 
general  circulation,  published  and  circulated  in 
said  City  of  Avalon,  as  the  same  is  defined  by 
Section  4460  of  the  Political  Code  of  the  State 
of  California,  and  is  a  newspaper  in  which  offi- 
cial printing  may  be  done  for  said  City,  and  that 
Resolution  No.  Ill,  of  which  the  annexed  is  a 
printed  copy,  was  published  in  said   newspaper 


once,  and  on  the  following  day,  to-wit:  April 
22nd,  1919,  and  in  the  regular  and  entire  issue 
of  said  newspaper,  and  not  in  any  supplement. 

E.  WINDLE. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  21st 
day  of  August,  1919. 

(SEAL)  F.  M.  TIDBALL, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
April  25,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  of 
April  25,  1919,  1:30  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4, 
Page  78.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  April  25,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and  place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Walton,  Hevren,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Newberry  and  Albert. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  p.  m., 
Friday,  April  18,  1919,  were  read  and  on  motion 
were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  p.  m., 
Friday,  April  18,  1919,  were  read  and  on  mo- 
tion were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  p.  m., 
Saturday,  April  19,  1919,  were  read  and  on  mo- 
tion were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  5:30  p.  m., 
Saturday,  April  19.  1919,  were  read  and  on 
motion  were  approved  as  read. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  8:00 
p.  m.,  Friday,  April  25,  1919. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees   of  the   City  of   Avalon,   California,   of 


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April  25,  1919,  8:00  p.  m.    (Record  Boo"k  No.  4, 
Page  79.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  April  25,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  April  25,  1919, 
at  1:30  p.  m.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  regu- 
lar adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and 
place. 

Roll  Call: 
Present — Trustees   Newberry,    Walton,   Hev- 
ren  and  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

On  motion  an  Ordinance  entitled  "An  Ordi- 
nance calling  a  special  election  to  be  held  in  the 
City  of  Avalon,  California,  on  the  3rd  day  of 
June,  1919,  and  submitting  to  the  qualified 
voters  of  said  City  the  proposition  of  incurring 
a  bonded  debt  in  the  following  amounts  and  for 
the  following  purposes  to-wit: 

First:  Eighty-eight  Thousand  ($88,000.00) 
Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  Electric  Light  and 
Water  Works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands, 
water  rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes, 
wires,  appurtenances,  and  other  property  neces- 
sary and  proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Ava- 
lon and  its  inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power 
and   water; 

Second:  Fifty-five  Thousand  ($55,000.00) 
Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  Gas  Works  by  the  City  of  Ava- 
lon, including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of 
way,  machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances,  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said 
City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light, 
power  and  heat. 

Providing  for  the  issue  of  bonds  therefor, 
and  for  the  levy  of  a  tax  for  the  payment  of 
said  bonds;  designating  the  election  precinct 
and  polling  place,  and  appointing  the  election 
officers  for  said  election,  was  taken  up  for  its 
first  reading.  Said  Ordinance  was  then  read  by 
the  Clerk,  and   it  was   moved  and  carried  that 


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the  Ordinance  be  declared  read  for  the  first  time 
and  laid  over  until  the  next  meeting. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
May  2,  1919,   1:30  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  of 
May  2,  1919,  1:30  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4, 
Page  81.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  May  2,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and  place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Walton,  Hevren,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Newberry  and  Albert. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  p.  m., 
Friday,  April  25,  1919,  were  read  and  on  mo- 
tion were  approved  as  read. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  8:00 
p.  m.,  Friday,  May  2,  1919. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  of 
May  2,  1919,  8:00  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4, 
Page  83.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  May  2,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  May  2,  1919,  at 
1:30  p.  m.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  regu- 
lar adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and 
place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hev- 
ren and  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  p.  m., 
Friday,  April  25,  1919,  were  read,  and  on  motion 
were  approved  as  read. 


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On  motion  an  Ordinance  entitled  "An  Ordi- 
nance calling  a  special  election  to  be  held  in  the 
City  of  Avalon,  California,  on  the  3rd  day  of 
June,  1919,  and  submitting  to  the  qualified 
voters  of  said  city  the  proposition  of  incurring  a 
bonded  debt  in  the  following  amounts  and  for 
the  following  purposes,  to-wit: 

First:  Eighty-eight  Thousand  ($88,000.00) 
Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  construction  and  com- 
pletion of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires,  ap- 
purtenances, and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water; 

Second:  Fifty-five  Thousand  ($55,000.00) 
Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  Gas  Works  by  the  City  of  Avalon, 
including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way, 
machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances,  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said 
City  and  its  inhabitants  with  Gas  for  light, 
power  and  heat. 

Providing  for  the  issue  of  Bonds  therefor, 
and  for  the  levy  of  a  tax  for  the  payment  of 
said  Bonds;  designating  the  election  precinct 
and  polling  place,  and  appointing  the  election 
officers  for  said  election,  was  taken  up  for  its 
second  reading.  Said  Ordinance  was  then  read 
by  the  Clerk  for  the  second  time  and  upon  mo- 
tion, duly  made  and  carried,  said  Ordinance  was 
declared  read  for  the  second  time,  and  taken  up 
for  its  third  reading  and  final  passage.  Said 
Ordinance  was  then  read  by  the  Clerk  for  the 
third  time  and,  upon  motion,  was  adopted  by 
the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren, 
Reyes. 

Noes — None. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

Said  Ordinance  as  adopted  being  Ordinance 
No.  86  of  the  City  of  Avalon  is  as  follows: 


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ORDINANCE    NO.    86 

AN  ORDINANCE  CALLING  A  SPECIAL  ELEC- 
TION TO  BE  HELD  IN  THE  CITY  OF 
AVALON,  CALIFORNIA,  ON  THE  3RD  DAY 
OF  JUNE,  1919,  AND  SUBMITTING  TO 
THE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS  OF  SAID  CITY 
THE  PROPOSITION  OF  INCURRING  A 
BONDED  DEBT  IN  THE  FOLLOWING 
AMOUNTS  AND  FOR  THE  FOLLOWING 
PURPOSES,  TO-WIT: 

FIRST:  EIGHTY-EIGHT  THOUSAND  ($88,- 
000.00)  DOLLARS  FOR  THE  ACQUISITION, 
CONSTRUCTION  AND  COMPLETION  OF 
COMBINED  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  AND 
WATER  WORKS,  INCLUDING  THE  AC- 
QUISITION OF  LANDS,  WATER  RIGHTS, 
RIGHTS  OF  WAY,  MACHINERY,  PIPES, 
WIRES,  APPURTENANCES,  AND  OTHER 
PROPERTY  NECESSARY  AND  PROPER 
FOR  SUPPLYING  THE  CITY  OF  AVALON 
AND  ITS  INHABITANTS  WITH  LIGHT, 
HEAT,   POWER  AND  WATER; 

SECOND:  FIFTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  ($55,- 
000.00)  DOLLARS  FOR  THE  ACQUISI- 
TION, CONSTRUCTION  AND  COMPLE- 
TION OF  GAS  WORKS  BY  THE  CITY  OF 
AVALON,  INCLUDING  THE  ACQUISITION 
OF  LANDS,  RIGHTS  OF  WAY.  MACHIN- 
ERY, PIPES.  APPURTENANCES,  AND 
OTHER  PROPERTY  NECESSARY  AND 
PROPER  FOR  SUPPLYING  SAID  CITY 
AND  ITS  INHABITANTS  WITH  GAS  FOR 
LIGHT,  POWER  AND  HEAT; 

PROVIDING  FOR  THE  ISSUE  OF  BONDS 
THEREFOR,  AND  FOR  THE  LEVY  OF  A 
TAX  FOR  THE  PAYMENT  OF  SAID 
BONDS;  DESIGNATING  THE  ELECTION 
PRECINCT  AND  POLLING  PLACE,  AND 
APPOINTING  THE  ELECTION  OFFICERS 
FOR  SAID  ELECTION. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
do  ordain  as  follows: 

Section  1.     Whereas,  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  at  a  regular 


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meeting  thereof  held  April  19,  1919,  by  a  vote 
of  two-thirds  of  all  its  members,  duly  passed 
and  adopted  a  Resolution  determining  that  the 
public  interest  and  necessity  demand  the  acqui- 
sition, construction  and  completion  by  the  said 
City  of  Avalon  of  certain  municipal  improve- 
ments, to- writ; 

First:  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires, 
appurtenances,  and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water. 

Second:  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  gas  works  by  the  City  of  Avalon, 
including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way, 
machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances,  and  other  prop- 
erty necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said 
City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light,  power 
and   heat;    and 

Whereas,  said  Resolution  was  approved  by 
the  executive  of  said  City,  to-wit:  the  Presi- 
dent of  said  Board  of  Trustees,  on  said  19th 
day  of  April,  1919,  at  said  meeting  of  said  Board 
of  Trustees,  and  was  published  on  the  22nd  day 
of  April,  1919,  in  The  Catalina  Islander,  a  week- 
ly newspaper  of  general  circulation,  published 
and  circulated  in  said  City  of  Avalon;  and 

Whereas,  the  estimated  cost  of  said  munici- 
pal improvements  is  as  follows,  to-wit: 

First:  For  the  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires, 
appurtenances  and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water, 
the  sum  of  Eighty-eight  Thousand  ($88,000.00) 
Dollars. 

Second:  For  the  acquisition,  construction 
and  completion  of  gas  works  by  the  City  of  Ava- 
lon, including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of 
way,  machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said 


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City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light,  power 
and  heat,  the  sum  of  Fifty-five  Thousand  ($55,- 
000.00)  Dollars;  and 

Whereas,  such  estimated  cost  of  said  muni- 
cipal improvements  and  each  of  them  is,  and 
will  be,  too  great  to  be  paid  out  of  the  ordinary 
annual  income  and  revenue  of  said  City; 

Section  2.  Now,  therefore,  a  special  elec- 
tion is  hereby  called  to  be  held  in  the  said  City 
of  Avalon,  California,  on  the  3rd  day  of  June, 
1919,  for  the  purpose  of  submitting  to  the  qual- 
ified voters  of  the  said  City  the  following  propo- 
sitions set  forth  in  said  Resolution: 

First:  The  proposition  of  incurring  a  bond- 
ed debt  of  the  sum  of  $88,000.00  for  the  acqui- 
sition, construction  and  completion  by  said  City 
of  Avalon  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires, 
appurtenances  and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water; 

Second:  The  proposition  of  incurring  a 
bonded  debt  of  the  sum  of  $55,000.00  for  the 
acquisition,  construction  and  completion  of  gas 
works  by  the  said  City  of  Avalon,  including  the 
acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way,  machinery, 
pipes,  appurtenances  and  other  property  neces- 
sary and  proper  for  supplying  the  said  City  of 
Avalon  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light, 
power  and  heat. 

Section  3.  That  the  objects  and  purposes 
for  which  said  indebtedness  is  proposed  to  be 
incurred  are  as  follows: 

First:  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires,  ap- 
purtenances and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water. 
That  the  estimated  cost  of  such  proposed  public 
improvement  is  $88,000.00.  That  the  amount  of 
the  principal  of  the  indebtedness  to  be  incurred 
therefor  is  the  sum  of  $88,000.00,  and  that  the 


IS 


rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  on  said  indebtedness 
is  six  per  cent,  per  annum.  That  if  the  propo- 
sition of  incurring  said  indebtedness  for  said  pur- 
pose, so  submitted  at  said  election,  receives  the 
requisite  number  of  votes,  to-wit:  the  votes  of 
two-thirds  of  all  the  voters  voting  at  such  special 
election,  bonds  of  said  City  to  the  amount  of 
$88,000.00  shall  be  issued  and  sold  for  said  pur- 
pose. Said  bonds  shall  be  One  Hundred  and 
Sixty  (160)  in  number  and  eighty  (80)  of  said 
bonds  shall  be  issued  in  the  denomination  of 
One  Thousand  (.$1,000.00)  Dollars  each,  and 
eighty  (80)  of  said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  the 
denomination  of  One  Hundred  ($100.00)  Dollars 
each,  and  the  principal  and  interest  thereon  shall 
be  payable  in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States. 
They  shall  be  dated  June  30th,  1919,  and  bear 
interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum, 
payable  semi-annually  on  the  30th  day  of  Decem- 
ber and  the  30th  day  of  June  of  each  year.  And 
said  one  hundred  and  sixty  (160)  bonds  shall 
be  payable  in  the  manner  following: 

Two  of  said  bonds  of  the  denomination  of 
$1,000.00,  and  two  of  said  bonds  of  the  denom- 
ination of  $100.00,  shall  be  paid  on  the  30th  day 
of  June,  1920,  and  two  of  said  bonds  of  the  de- 
nomination of  $1,000.00,  and  two  of  said  bonds 
of  the  denomination  of  $100.00,  on  the  same  day 
and  date  of  each  and  every  year  thereafter,  at 
the  City  Treasury  of  said  City  of  Avalon,  to- 
gether with  the  interest  on  all  sums  unpaid  at 
such  date. 

Second:  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  gas  works  by  the  City  of  Avalon, 
including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way, 
machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances,  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said 
City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light,  power 
and  heat.  That  the  estimated  cost  of  such  pro- 
posed public  improvement  is  $.55,000.00.  That 
the  amount  of  the  principal  of  the  indebtedness 
to  be  incurred  therefor  is  the  sum  of  $55,000.00, 
and  that  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  on  said 
indebtedness  is  six  per  cent,  per  annum.  That 
if  the  proposition  of  incurring  said  indebtedness 
for  said  purpose,  so  submitted  at  said  election, 
receives  the  requisite  number  of  votes,  to-wit: 


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the  votes  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  voters  voting 
at  such  special  election,  bonds  of  said  City  to 
the  amount  of  $55,000.00  shall  be  issued  and 
sold  for  said  purpose.  Said  bonds  shall  be  one 
hundred  sixty  (160)  in  number  and  forty  (40) 
of  said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  the  denomina- 
tion of  One  Thousand  ($1,000.00)  Dollars  each, 
and  eighty  (80)  of  said  bonds  shall  be  issued 
in  the  denomination  of  One  Hundred  ($100.00) 
Dollars  each,  and  forty  (40)  of  said  bonds  shall 
be  issued  in  the  denomination  of  One  Hundred 
Seventy-five  ($175.00)  Dollars  each,  and  the 
principal  and  interest  thereof  shall  be  payable  in 
lawful  money  of  the  United  States.  They  shall 
be  dated  June  30th,  1919,  and  bear  interest  at 
the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable 
semi-annually  on  the  30th  day  of  December  and 
the  30th  day  of  June  of  each  year.  And  said 
one  hundred  sixty  (160)  bonds  shall  be  payable 
in  the  manner  following: 

One  of  said  bonds  of  the  denomination  of 
$1,000.00,  and  two  of  said  bonds  of  the  denom- 
ination of  $100.00,  and  one  of  said  bonds  of 
the  denomination  of  $175.00  shall  be  paid  on 
the  30th  day  of  June,  1920,  and  one  of  said 
bonds  of  the  denomination  of  $1,000.00,  and  two 
of  said  bonds  of  the  denomination  of  $100.00, 
and  one  of  said  bonds  of  the  denomination  of 
$175.00,  on  the  same  day  and  date' of  each  and 
every  year  thereafter,  at  the  City  Treasury  of 
said  City  of  Avalon,  together  with  the  interest 
on  all  sums  unpaid  at  such  date. 

Section  4.  That  for  the  purpose  of  pay- 
ing the  principal  and  interest  on  such  bonds 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  City  shall  at  the 
time  of  fixing  the  general  tax  levy,  and  in  the 
manner  for  such  general  tax  levy  provided,  levy 
and  collect  annually,  each  year,  until  said  bonds 
are  paid,  or  until  there  shall  be  a  sum  in  the 
treasury,  of  said  City  set  apart  for  that  purpose 
sufficient  to  meet  all  sums  coming  due  for  prin- 
cipal and  interest  on  such  bonds,  a  tax  suffi- 
cient to  pay  the  annual  interest  on  such  bonds, 
and  also  such  part  of  the  principal  thereof  as 
shall  become  due  before  the  time  for  fixing  the 
next  general  tax  levy. 


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Said  tax  shall  be  in  addition  to  all  other 
taxes  levied  for  municipal  purposes,  and  shall 
be  collected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  municipal  taxes  are  collected, 
and  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  than  the  pay- 
ment of  said  bonds  and  accruing  interest. 

Section  5.  The  polls  for  said  election  must 
be  opened  at  6  o'clock  a.  m.  of  the  day  of  elec- 
tion, and  must  be  kept  open  until  7  o'clock  p.  m. 
of  the  same  day,  when  the  polls  shall  be  closed; 
except  and  provided,  however,  that  if  at  the  hour 
of  closing  there  are  any  other  voters  in  the 
polling  place  or  in  line  at  the  door,  who  are 
qualified  to  vote  and  have  not  been  able  to  do 
so  since  appearing,  the  polls  shall  be  kept  open 
a  sufficient  time  to  enable  them  to  vote.  But  no 
one  who  shall  arrive  at  the  polling  place  after  7 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon  shall  be  entitled  to  vote, 
although  the  polls  may  be  open  when  he  arrives. 

The  ballots  to  be  used  at  such  election  shall 
be  printed  substantially  in  the  following  form: 

INSTRUCTION  TO  VOTERS 

To  vote  on  any  proposition  of  incurring  a 
bonded  debt  for  the  purpose  specified  in  such 
proposition,  stamp  a  cross  (X)  in  the  voting 
square  after  the  word  "Yes,"  or  after  the  word 
"No."  All  marks  except  the  cross  (X)  are  for- 
bidden. All  distinguishing  marks  or  erasures 
are  forbidden  and  make  the  ballot  void. 

If  you  wrongly  stamp,  tear  or  deface  this 
ballot,  return  it  to  the  Inspector  of  Election  and 
obtain  another. 


Shall  the  City  of  Avalon  incur 
a  bonded  debt  of  $88,000.00  for 
the  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  electric 
light  and  water  works,  including 
the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery, 
pipes,  wires,  appurtenances,  and 
other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of 
Avalon  and  its  inhabitants  with 
light,  heat,  power  and  water? 


YES 


NO 


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Shall  the  City  of  Avalon  incur  a 
bonded  debt  of  $55,000.00  for  the 
acquisition,  construction  and  com- 
pletion of  gas  works  by  the  City 
of  Avalon  including  the  acquisi- 
tion of  lands,  rights  of  way,  ma- 
chinery, pipes,  appurtenances  and 
other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  said  City  and 
its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light, 
power  and  heat? 


YES 


NO 


The  voter  at  such  election  shall  mark  his  bal- 
lot by  stamping  in  the  appropriate  voting  square 
a  cross  (X)  opposite  the  answers  he  desires  to 
give  as  to  such  propositions.  Such  cross  shall 
be  made  only  with  a  stamp. 

Section  6.  That  for  the  holding  of  such 
election,  said  City  of  Avalon  shall  be  and  is 
hereby  consolidated  into  one  municipal  election 
precinct,  the  boundaries  of  which  said  precinct 
shall  be  and  are  hereby  fixed  as  the  exterior 
boundaries  of  the  City  of  Avalon  and  the  polling 
place  shall  be  and  is  hereby  located  at  the  City 
Hall  on  the  Westerly  side  of  Metropole  Avenue 
between  Beacon  Street  and  Crescent  Avenue  in 
said  City  of  Avalon,  and  the  Board  of  Election 
for  such  special  election  is  hereby  appointed  as 
follows: 

Inspectors: 

Joseph  H.  Stamford 

Mrs.  Marguerite  Fisher 
Judges: 

William   H.   Gill 

Mrs.  Leta  L.  Danielson 
Clerks: 

Miss  Ruth  Moricich 

Mrs.  Laura  C.  Goulding 

And  the  above  named  persons  are  hereby 
appointed  to  such  otflces  respectively,  and  their 
compensation  shall  be  $5.00  each  for  all  ser- 
vices. 

Section  7.  That  in  all  particulars  not  recited 
in   this   Ordinance,   such   election   shall   be   held 


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as  provided  by  law  for  holding  municipal  elec- 
tions in  said  City. 

Section  8.  The  City  Clerk  shall  certify  to 
the  passage  and  adoption  of  this  Ordinance  by 
a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  said  City,  and  its  approval 
by  the  President  of  said  Board,  and  shall  cause 
said  Ordinance  to  be  published  once  a  week  for 
two  weeks  in  The  Catalina  Islander,  a  weekly 
newspaper  of  general  circulation,  published  less 
than  six  days  a  week  in  said  City  of  Avalon, 
and  thereupon  and  thereafter  it  shall  take  ef- 
fect and  be  in  full  force. 

Adopted  and  approved  this  2nd  day  of  May, 
1919. 

(SEAL) 

P.  V.  REYES, 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City 
of  Avalon,  California. 

Attest:  F.    M.   TIDBALL, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

State  of  California, 
County  of  Los  Angeles, 
City  of  Avalon. 

I,  F.  M.  Tidball,  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 
Avalon,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  whole  num- 
ber of  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
City  of  Avalon  is  five,  and  that  the  foregoing 
Ordinance  was  passed  and  adopted  by  a  vote 
of  two-thirds  of  all  its  members  and  approved 
by  the  President  of  said  Board  at  a  regular  meet- 
ing thereof  held  on  the  2nd  day  of  May,  1919, 
and  that  the  same  was  passed  by  the  following 
vote,  to-wit: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren, 
Reyes. 

Noes — None. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  the  seal  of  the  City  of  Avalon, 
California,  this  2nd  day  of  May,  1919. 

(SEAL)  F.    M.    TIDBALL, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 


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(A  copy  of  said  Ordinance  No.  86  attached 
to  the  following  aiTidavit  of  publication  is  on 
file  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City 
of  Avalon.) 

AFFIDAVIT  OF  PUBIilCATION  OF  ORDI- 
NANCE NO.  86  OF  THE  CITY 
OF  AVALON 

State  of  California,  ) 

County  of  Los  Angeles,         |-   ss. 
City  of  Avalon.  ) 

E.  Windle  of  said  County  and  State,  being 
first  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  says: 

That  he  is  and  at  all  times  herein  mentioned 
was  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  over  eighteen 
years  of  age;  that  he  is  and  has  been  ever  since 
January  27th,  1914,  the  owner  and  publisher 
of  "The  Catalina  Islander,"  a  weekly  newspaper, 
of  general  circulation,  published  and  circulated 
in  the  City  of  Avalon,  County  of  Los  Angeles, 
State  of  California,  and  that  said  newspaper 
now  is  and  has  been  ever  since  said  January 
27th,  1914,  published  for  the  dissemination  of 
local  news  and  intelligence  of  a  general  char- 
acter, and  now  has,  and  has  had  ever  since  said 
date,  a  bona  fide  subscription  list  of  paying  sub- 
scribers, and  that  said  newspaper  is,  and  has 
been  ever  since  said  date,  established,  printed 
and  published  at  regular  intervals,  to-wit,  on 
Tuesday  of  each  and  every  week,  in  the  State 
of  California,  County  of  Los  Angeles,  City  of 
Avalon,  and  that  said  newspaper  is  and  has  been 
ever  since  said  January  27th,  1914,  a  newspaper 
of  general  circulation,  published  and  circulated 
in  said  City  of  Avalon,  as  the  same  is  defined 
by  Section  4460  of  the  Political  Code  of  the 
State  of  California,  and  is  a  newspaper  in  which 
official  printing  may  be  done  for  said  City,  and 
that  Ordinance  No.  86  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  of 
which  the  annexed  is  a  printed  copy,  was  pub- 
lished in  said  newspaper  two  times,  and  on  the 
following  days,  to-wit.  May  6th  and  May  13th. 
1919,  and  in  the  regular  and  entire  issue  of  said 
newspaper,  and  not  in  any  supplement. 

E.  WINDLE, 


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Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  21st  day 
of  August,  1919. 

(SEAL)  F.    M.    TIDBALL, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
May    9,    1919,    1:30    p.    m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California, 
May  9,  1919,  1:30  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4, 
Page  84.) 

City  Hall,   Avalon,   California, 
Friday,  May  9,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and    place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Al- 
bert, Hevren,  Reyes. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  p.  m., 
Friday,  May  2,  1919,  were  read  and  on  motion 
were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  p.  m., 
Friday,  May  2,  1919,  were  read  and  on  motion 
were  approved  as  read. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  June 
6th,  1919,  1:30  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4, 
Page  94.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  June  6,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and   place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Walton,  Hevren,  Reyes. 

Absent- — ^Trustees  Newberry  and  Albert. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
June  6,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  June 


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6,  1919,  8:00  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4,  pages 
95,  96.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  June  6,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  June  6,  1919,  at 
1:30  p.  m.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  regular 
adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and  place. 

Roll  Call: 
Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hev- 
ren,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  p.  m., 
Friday,  June  6,  1919,  were  read,  and  on  motion 
were  approved  as  read. 

It  was  moved  that  the  Board  of  Trustees 
now  proceed  to  canvass  the  votes  of  the  special 
election  held  June  3,  1919,  in  pursuance  to  Ordi- 
nance No.  86  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  and  that 
tellers  be  appointed  to  canvass  the  said  votes. 
Carried. 

Trustees  Hevren  and  Newberry  were  ap- 
pointed tellers  and  they  proceeded  to  canvass  the 
said  election  returns.  After  canvassing  said  elec- 
tion returns  Trustee  Hevren  reported  that  the 
tellers  found  the  vote  to  be  as  follows,  to-wit: 

Shall  the  City  of  Avalon  incur  a  bonded  debt 
of  $88,000.00  for  the  acquisition,  construction 
and  completion  of  combined  electric  light  and 
water  works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands, 
water  rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes, 
wires,  appurtenances,  and  other  property  neces- 
sary and  proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Ava- 
lon and  its  inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power 
and  water? 

Total  vote  cast .....141  votes 

"Yes" 123 

"No"    18 

and  shall  the  City  of  Avalon  incur  a  bonded 
debt  of  $55,000.00  for  the  acquisition,  construc- 
tion and  completion  of  gas  works  by  the  City 
of  Avalon  including  the  acquisition  of  lands, 
rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances 


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and  other  property  necessary  and  proper  for 
supplying  said  City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas 
for   light,   power   and   heat? 

Total  vote  cast 143   votes 

"Yes"  132 

"No"    11 

and  offered  that  certain  Resolution  entitled  "A 
Resolution  declaring  the  result  of  the  vote  at 
the  special  election  held  by  the  City  of  Avalon, 
June  3,  1919."  Said  Resolution  was  then  read, 
and  on  motion  said  Resolution,  being  Resolu- 
tion No.  115,  was  adopted  by  the  following 
vote: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren, 
Reyes. 

Noes — None. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

Said  Resolution,  No.  115,  as  adopted,  is  as 
follows: 

RESOLUTION  NO.  115 

A    RESOLUTION    DECLARING    THE    RESULT 
OF   THE   VOTE   AT   THE    SPECIAL    ELEC- 
TION  HELD   BY   THE   CITY    OF   AVALON, 
■   JUNE  3,  1919. 

RESOLVED,  By  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
City  of  Avalon  that: 

WHEREAS,  at  the  special  election  held  in 
the  City  of  Avalon,  County  of  Los  Angeles,  State 
of  California,  on  the  3rd  day  of  June,  1919,  the 
proposition  of  incurring  a  bonded  debt  of 
Eighty-Eight  Thousand  ($88,000.00)  Dollars  for 
the  acquisition,  construction  and  completion  of 
combined  electric  light  and  water  works,  in- 
cluding the  acquisition  of  lands,  water  rights, 
rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires,  appur- 
tenances, and  other  property  necessary  and  prop- 
er for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its  in- 
habitants with  light,  heat,  power  and  water,  re- 
ceived 123  votes  in  favor  of  such  proposition 
and   18  votes  against  the  same,  and 

WHEREAS,  at  such  special  election  132 
votes  were  cast  for  and  11  votes  against  the 
proposition  of  incurring  a  bonded  debt  of  Fifty- 


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five  Thousand  ( $55, 000'. 00 )  Dollars  for  the  ac- 
quisition, construction  and  completion  of  gas 
works  by  the  City  of  Avalon,  including  th6  ac- 
quisition of  lands,  rights  of  way,  machinery, 
pipes,  appurtenances  and  other  property  neces- 
sary and  proper  for  supplying  said  City  and  its 
inhabitants  with  gas  for  light,  power  and  heat, 
and, 

WHEREAS,  the  number  of  votes  in  favor  of 
incurring  such  indebtedness  for  both  of  said 
propositions  was  more  than  two-thirds  of  the 
votes  of  all  the  voters  voting  at  such  special 
election; 

NOW,  THEREFORE,  BE  IT  RESOLVED, 
that  the  proposition  of  the  City  of  Avalon  in- 
curring a  bonded  debt  of  Eighty-eight  Thou- 
sand ($88,000.00)  Dollars  for  the  acquisition, 
construction  and  completion  of  combined  elec- 
tric light  and  water  works,  including  the  ac- 
quisition of  lands,  water  rights,  rights  of  way, 
machinery,  pipes,  wires,  appurtenances,  and 
other  property  necessary  and  proper  for  supply- 
ing the  City  of  Avalon  and  its  inhabitants  with 
light,  heat,  power  and  water,  was  duly  accepted 
and  adopted  by  the  votes  of  more  than  two- 
thirds  of  all  the  voters  voting  at  such  special 
election  and  that  such  proposition  has  carried 
ahd  was  duly  accepted  by  the  qualified  voters 
of  this  municipality  and  that  the  City  of  Avalon 
is  duly  authorized  to  issue  bonds  in  the  surh  of 
$88,000.00  for  said  purpose,  and 

BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED,  that  the 
proposition  of  the  City  of  Avalon  incurring  a 
bonded  debt  of  Fiftj^-five  Thousand  ($55,000.00) 
Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  construction  and  com- 
pletion of  gas  works  by  the  City  ot  Avalon,  in- 
cliidihg  the  &cfc[uisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way, 
machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances  and  other  prop- 
erty necessary  and  proper  for  sUi)plying  said 
City  arid  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light, 
power  and  heat,  was  duly  accepted  and  adopted 
by  the  votes  of  more  than  two-thirds  of  all  the 
voters  voting  at  such  special  election  and  that 
the  said  proposition  has  carried  and  was  dul> 
accepted  by  the  qualified  voters  of  this  munici- 
pality ahd  that  the  City  of  Avalon  is  duly  aU- 


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thorized  to  issue  bonds  in  the  sum  of  $55,000.00 
lor  said  purpose. 

Adopted  and  approved  this  6th  day  of  Jtiiife, 
1919. 

P.  V.  REYES, 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City 
of  Avalon. 
(SEAL) 
Attest: 

F.  M.  TIDBALL, 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

State  of  California, 
County  of  Los  Angeles, 
City  of  Avalon. 

I,  F.  M.  Tidball,  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 
Avalon,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing 
Resolution  was  duly  adopted  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  sighed  by  the  President  of  said 
Board,  at  a  regular  meeting  thereof,  held  June 
6,  1919,  and  that  the  same  \Vas  adopted  by  the 
following  vote: 

Ayes — ^Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren, 
Reyes. 

Noes — None. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

F.  M.  TIDBALL, 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 
(SEAL) 

On  ihotion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
June  13,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

fexti-afcts  from  the  Jitecbrds  of  the  Board  of 
Tttii^teeb  of  the  City  of  Avaldn,  California,  Jiltife 
13,  1919,  1:30  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4, 
page  98.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California. 
Friday,  June.  13,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

This  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and  place. 

Roll  call: 

t^reserlt — ^Trustees  Waltoh,  Albei-t,  Reyea. 


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Absent — Trustees  Newberry  and  Hevren. 
On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Saturday, 
June  14,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  June 
14,  1919,  8:00  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4, 
page  99.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Saturday,  June  14,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  June  13,  1919, 
at  1:30  p.  m.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  reg- 
ular adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and 
place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Albert  and  Hevren. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  p.  m., 
Friday,  June  6,  1919,  were  read,  and  on  motion 
were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  p.  m. 
Friday,  June  13,  1919,  were  read,  and  on  mo- 
tion were  approved  as  read. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
June  20,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  June 
20,  1919,  1:30  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4,  page 
101.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  June  20,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Ava- 
lon met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above 
time  and  place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Walton,  Hevren,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Newberry  and  Albert. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
June  20,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  June 


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20,    1919,    8:00    p.    m.       (Hecord    Book   No.    4, 
pages    102,    103,   104.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  June  20,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  June  20,  1919, 
at  1:30  p.  m.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in 
regular  adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and 
place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hev- 
xen  and  Reyes. 

Absent — -Trustee  Albert. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  p.  m, 
Saturday,  June  14,  1919,  were  read,  and  on 
naotion  were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  p.  m., 
Friday,  June  20,  1919,  were  read,  and  on  mo- 
tion   were    approved    as    read. 

It  was  moved  and  carried  that  an  Ordi- 
nance entitled  "An  Ordinance  providing  for  the 
issuing  of  Bonds  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  Cali- 
fornia, as  follows: 

First:  In  the  sum  of  Eighty-eight  Thousand 
< $88,000.00)  Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  con- 
struction and  completion  of  combined  Electric 
Light  and  Water  Works,  including  the  acquisi- 
tion of  lands,  water  rights,  rights  of  way,  ma- 
chinery, pipes,  wires,  appurtenances,  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  the 
City  of  Avalon  and  its  inhabitants  with  light, 
heat,  power  and  water; 

Second:  In  the  sum  of  Fifty-five  Thousand 
($55,000,00)  Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  con- 
struction and  completion  of  Gas  Works  by  the 
City  of  Avalon,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands. 
Tights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances, 
and  other  property  necessary  and  proper  for 
supplying  said  City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas 
for  light,  power  and  heat,"  be  taken  up  for  its 
first  reading.  Said  Ordinance  was  then  read  by 
the  Clerk,  and  it  was  moved  that  the  Ordinance 
be  declared  read  for  the  first  time  and  laid  over 
until  the  next  meeting.     Carried. 


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On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
June  27,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  June 

27,  1919,    1:30    p.    m.       (Record    Book    No.    4, 
page  105.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  June  27,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and  place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Albert  and  Hevren. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Saturday, 
June   28,    1919,   8:00    p.   m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  June 

28,  1919,    8:00    p.    m.       (Record    Book    No.    4, 
page  106.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Saturday,  June  28,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  June  27,  1919, 
at  1:30  p.  m.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  reg- 
ular adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and 
place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hev- 
ren and  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  p.  m., 
Friday,  June  20,  1919,  were  read  and  on  motion 
were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  p.  m., 
Friday,  June  27,  1919,  were  read  and  on  motion 
were  approved  as  read. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Thursday, 
July  3,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  July 


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3,     1919,    8:00    p.    m.       (Record    Book    No.    4, 
page  109.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Thursday,  July  3,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and  place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present^ — Trustees  Walton,  Hevren,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Newberry  and  Albert. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  p.  m., 
Saturday,  June  28,  1919,  were  read,  and  on  mo- 
tion were  approved  as  read. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
July  11,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  July 

11,  1919,    1:30    p.    m.       (Record    Book    No.    4, 
page  111.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  July  11,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and  place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Hevren  and  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Albert. 

There  not  being  a  quorum  present,  no  meet- 
ing was  held. 

It  was  moved,  seconded  and  carried  to  ad- 
journ to  Saturday,  July  12,  1919,  at  8:00  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  July 

12,  1919,  at   8:00  p.   m.      (Record  Book  No.   4, 
pages  112,  113.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Saturday,  July  12,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  July  11,  1919,  at 
1:30  p.  m.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  regu- 


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lar  adjourned  seasian  at  the  above  time  and 
place. 

RoU  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Walton,  Hevren,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees   Newberry  and   Albert. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  p.  m., 
Thursday,  July  3,  1919,  were  read,  and  on  mo- 
tion were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  p.  m., 
Friday,  July  11,  1919,  were  read,  and  on  motion 
were  approved   as   read. 

It  was  moved  and  carried  that  an  Ordinance 
entitled  "An  Ordinance  providing  for  the  issuing 
of  Bonds  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  as 
follows: 

First:  In  the  sum  of  Eighty-eight  Thousand 
($88,000.00)  Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  con- 
struction and  completion  of  combined  Electric 
Light  and  Water  Works,  including  the  acqui- 
sition of  lands,  water  rights,  rights  of  way,  ma- 
chinery, pipes,  wires,  appurtenances,  and  other 
property  necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  the 
City  of  Avalon  and  its  inhabitants  with  light, 
heat,   power  and   water; 

Second:  In  the  sum  of  Fifty-five  Thousand 
($55,000.00)  Dollars  for  the  acquisition,  con- 
struction and  completion  of  Gas  Works  by  the 
City  of  Avalon,  including  the  acquisition  of 
lands,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  appur- 
tenances, and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  said  City  and  its  inhabitants 
with  gas  for  light,  power  and  heat,"  be  taken 
up  for  its  second  reading.  Said  Ordinance  was 
read  by  the  Clerk  for  the  second  time,  and  upon 
motion  duly  made  and  carried,  said  Ordinance 
was  declared  read  for  the  second  time,  and  taken 
up  for  its  third  reading  and  final  passage.  Said 
Ordinance  was  then  read  by  the  Clerk  for  the 
third  time  and,  upon  motion,  was  adopted  by 
the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren, 
Reyes. 

Noes — None. 
•    Absent — Trustee  Albert. 


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"Said  Ordinance  as  adopted,  being  Ordinance 
No.  90  of  tlie  City  of  Avalon. 

(Said  Ordinance  No.  90,  as  adopted,  is  as 
follows: ) 

ORDINANCE  NO.  90 

AN  OHDINANCE  PHOVIDING  FOR  THE  IS- 
SUING OF  BONDS  OF  THE  CITY  OF 
AVALON,  CALIFORNIA,  AS  FOLLOWS: 

FIRST,  IN  THE  SUM  OF  EIGHTY-EIGHT 
THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  THE  ACQUISI- 
TION, CONSTRUCTION  AND  COMPLETION 
OF  COMBINED  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  AND 
WATER  WORKS,  INCLUDING  THE  AC- 
QUISITION OF  LANDS,  WATER  RIGHTS, 
RIGHTS  OF  WAY,  MACHINERY,  PIPES, 
WIRES.  APPURTENANCES,  AND  OTHER 
PROPERTY  NECESSARY  AND  PROPER 
FOR  SUPPLYING  THE  CITY  OF  AVALON 
AND  ITS  INHABITANTS  WITH  LIGHT, 
HEAT,  POWER   AND  WATER. 

SECOND,  IN  THE  SUM  OF  FIFTY-FIVE  THOU- 
AND  DOLLARS  FOR  THE  ACQUISITION, 
CONSTRUCTION  AND  COMPLETION  OF 
GAS  WORKS  BY  THE  CITY  OF  AVALON, 
INCLUDING  THE  ACQUISITION  OF  LANDS, 
RIGHTS  OF  WAY,  MACHINERY,  PIPES, 
APPURTENANCES,  AND  OTHER  PROP- 
ERTY NECESSARY  AND  PROPER  FOR 
SUPPLYING  SAID  CITY  AND  ITS  INHAB- 
ITANTS WITH  GAS  FOR  LIGHT,  POWER 
AND  HEAT. 
WHEREAS,    the    Board    of    Trustees   of    the 

<City  of  Avalon,  California,  at  a  regular  meeting 
thereof,  held  on  the  nineteenth  day  of  April, 
1919,  by  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  its  members, 
duly  passed  and  adopted  a  resolution  deter- 
mining that  the  public  interest  and  necessity 
■demanded  the  acquisition,  construction  and  com- 
pletion by  said  City  of  Avalon  of  the  following 
municipal  improvements,  to-wit: 

First:  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
Tights,   rights   of  way,   machinery,   pipes,   wires. 


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appurtenances,  and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water. 

Second.  The  acquisition,  construction  and 
completion  of  gas  works  by  the  City  of  Avalon, 
including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way, 
machinery,  pipes,  appurtenances,  and  other  prop- 
erty necessary  and  proper  for  supplying  said 
City  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light, 
power  and  heat;  and  that  the  estimated  cosu 
of  the  first  of  said  municipal  improvements 
above  stated  was  Eighty-eight  Thousand  Dollars, 
and  that  the  estimated  cost  of  the  second  of 
said  municipal  improvements  above  stated  was 
Fifty-five  Thousand  Dollars,  and  that  said  esti- 
mated cost  of  said  municipal  improvements,  and 
each  of  them,  was,  and  will  be  too  great  to  be 
paid  out  of  the  ordinary  annual  income  and  rev- 
enue of  said  city;   and 

WHEREAS,  said  resolution  was  approved 
by  the  executive  of  said  city,  to- wit:  the  Pres- 
ident of  said  Board  of  Trustees,  on  said  19th 
day  of  April,  1919,  at  the  said  meeting  of  said 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  was  duly  published  on 
the  22nd  day  of  April,  1919,  in  The  Catalina 
Islander,  a  weekly  newspaper  of  general  circu- 
lation published  and  circulated  in  said  City  of 
Avalon;  and 

WHEREAS,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said 
City  of  Avalon,  at  a  regular  meeting  thereof  held 
on  the  2nd  day  of  May,  1919,  by  a  vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  all  its  members,  duly  passed  and  adopt- 
ed an  Ordinance  calling  a  special  election  and 
submitting  to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  City 
the  following  propositions  set  forth  in  said  Res- 
olution: 

First:  The  proposition  of  incurring  a  bond- 
ed debt  of  the  sum  of  $88,000.00  for  the  acqui- 
sition, construction  and  completion  by  said  City 
of  Avalon  of  combined  electric  light  and  water 
works,  including  the  acquisition  of  lands,  water 
rights,  rights  of  way,  machinery,  pipes,  wires, 
appurtenances  and  other  property  necessary  and 
proper  for  supplying  the  City  of  Avalon  and  its 
inhabitants  with  light,  heat,  power  and  water; 


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Second:  The  proposition  of  incurring  a 
bonded  debt  of  the  sum  of  $55,000.00  for  the  ac- 
quisition, construction  and  completion  of  gas 
worlis  by  the  said  City  of  Avalon,  including  the 
acquisition  of  lands,  rights  of  way,  machinery, 
pipes,  appurtenances  and  other  property  neces- 
sary and  proper  for  supplying  the  said  City  of 
Avalon  and  its  inhabitants  with  gas  for  light, 
power  and  heat,  and  said  Ordinance  was  ap- 
proved by  the  Executive  of  said  City,  to-wit:  the 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  on  said  2nd 
day  of  May,  1919,  and  said  Ordinance  was  there- 
upon duly  published  once  a  week  for  two  weeks 
in  The  Catalina  Islander,  a  weekly  newspaper  of 
general  circulation,  published  less  than  six  days 
a  week,  in  said  City  of  Avalon;  and 

WHEREAS,  such  special  election  was  duly 
held  on  the  3rd  day  of  June,  1919,  as  provided 
by  said  Ordinance  calling  the  same,  and  by  law 
for  holding  municipal  elections  in  said  City;  and 
each  of  said  propositions  of  incurring  such 
bonded  indebtedness  herein  above  set  forth,  re- 
ceived the  votes  of  more  than  two-thirds  of  all 
the  voters  voting  at  such  special  election;  and 

WHEREAS,  all  and  singular  the  provisions 
of  the  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia entitled:  "An  act  authorizing  the  incur- 
ring of  indebtedness  by  cities,  towns  and  munici- 
pal corporations  for  municipal  improvements, 
and  regulating  the  acquisition,  construction,  or 
completion  thereof,"  which  became  a  law  Feb- 
ruary 25th,  1901,  together  with  all  amendments 
thereto,  and  the  Law  and  Ordinances  of  said  City 
have  been  fully  complied  with  so  as  to  authorize 
the  issue  of  said  bonds: 

NOW,  THEREFORE,  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  City  of  Avalon  do  ordain  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  bonds  of  the  said  City  of 
Avalon  in  the  sum  of  Eighty-eight  Thousand  Dol- 
lars be  issued  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  the  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of 
California,  entitled:  "An  act  authorizing  the 
incurring  of  indebtedness  by  cities,  towns,  and 
municipal  corporations  for  municipal  improve- 
ments, and  regulating  the  acquisition,  construc- 
tion, or  completion  thereof,"  which  became  a  law 


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February  25th,  1901,  together  with  all  amend- 
ments thereto,  and  with  the  Ordinances  of  said' 
City;  that  said  bonds  shall  be  one  hundred  and. 
sixty  (160)  in  number  and  eighty  (80)  of  saia 
bonds  shall  be  issued  in  the  denomination  of 
One  Thousand  ($1,000.00)  Dollars  each,  and 
eighty  (80)  of  said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  the 
denomination  of  One  Hundred  ($100.00)  Dollars, 
each,  and  the  principal  and  interest  thereon 
shall  be  payable  in  lawful  money  of  the  United 
States.  They  shall  be  dated  June  30th,  1919,. 
and  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per 
annum,  payable  semi-annually  on  the  30th  day 
of  December  and  the  30th  day  of  June  of  each 
year.  And  said  one  hundred  and  sixty  (160) 
bonds  shall  be  payable  in  the  manner  following: 

Two  of  said  bonds  of  the  denomination  of 
$1,000.00,  and  two  of  said  bonds  of  the  denomi- 
nation of  $100.00,  shall  be  paid  on  the  30th  day 
of  June,  1920,  and  two  of  said  bonds  of  the  de- 
nomination of  $1,000.00,  and  two  of  said  bonds 
of  the  denomination  of  $100.00,  on  the  same 
day  and  date  of  each  and  every  year  thereafter, 
at  the  City  Treasury  of  said  City  of  Avalon,  to- 
gether with  the  interest  on  all  sums  unpaid  at 
such  date. 

Said  bonds  shall  be  substantially  in  the  fol- 
lowing form,  to- wit: 

No 

United    States   of   America 

State  of   California 

City  of  Avalon 

Combined  Electric  Light  and  Water  Works  Bond 


Avalon,  California,  June  30,  1919. 
On  the  30th  day  of  June,  A.  D.   (year  of  ma- 
turity), the  City  of  Avalon  will  pay  to  the  bearer 
at  the  office  of  the  City  Treasurer  of  the  City 
of  Avalon,  in  the  County  of  Los  Angeles,  State 

of  California,  the  sum  of 

Dollars,  with  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent 
per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  on  the  30th 
day  of  December,  and  the  30th  day  of  June  of 
each  year,  as  specified  in  the  interest  coupons 
hereto  attached,  at  the  office  of  the  City  Treas- 


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urer  upon  the  presentation  and  surrender  oE  said 
interest  coupons.  Principal  and  interest  pay- 
able in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States. 

This  bond  is  issued  in  pursuance  of  the  pro- 
visions of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State 
of  California  entitled:  "An  act  authorizing  the 
incurring  of  indebtedness  by  cities,  towns,  and 
municipal  corporations  for  municipal  improve- 
ments, and  regulating  the  acquisition,  construc- 
tion, or  completion  thereof,"  which  became  a 
law  February  25th,  1901,  together  with  all 
amendments  thereto. 

IT  IS  FURTHER  CERTIFIED,  that  all  the 
requirements  of  law  and  of  the  Ordinances  of 
the  City  of  Avalon  for  the  issuing  of  this  bond 
have  been  fully  complied  with  by  the  proper 
officers;  that  this  issue  of  bonds  has  been  duly 
authorized  by  the  votes  of  two-thirds  of  all  the 
voters  voting  at  a  special  election  duly  and  regu- 
larly called  and  held  in  the  said  City  on  the  3rd 
day  of  June,  1919,  and  that  the  total  amount 
of  this  issue,  together  with  all  indebtedness  of 
said  City,  does  not  in  the  aggregate  exceed  fif- 
teen per  cent,  of  the  assessed  value  of  all  the 
real  and  personal  property  of  the  said  City  of 
Avalon,  nor  does  it  exceed  the  limit  prescribed 
by  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  State  of 
California. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  said  City  of 
Avalon  has  caused  this  bond  to  be  signed  bv  the 
Executive  of  said  municipality,  to-wit:  the  Pres- 
ident of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  City  of 
Avalon,  and  also  by  the  Treasurer  of  said  City, 
and  to  be  countersigned  by  the  Clerk  of  said 
City,  and  the  Corporate  Seal  of  said  City  to  be 
affixed  hereto;  and  the  City  has  caused  the  cou- 
pons hereto  attached  to  be  numbered  consecu- 
tively and  signed  by  the  Treasurer  of  said  City 
of  Avalon. 


President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City 
of  Avalon. 


Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 
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Countersigned  by 


City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 
(SEAL) 

That  interest  coupons  shall  be  attached  to 
each  of  said  one  hundred  and  sixty  bonds  rep- 
resenting each  installment  of  interest  to  accrue 
on  such  bonds  up  to  the  maturity  thereof,  which 
said  interest  coupons  shall  be  substantially  as 
follows: 

On  the  30th  day  of (month 

of  maturity),  A.  D (year  of  ma- 
turity), the  City  of  Avalon  promises  to  pay  the 
bearer  at  the  office  of  the  City  Treasurer  of  the 
City  of  Avalon,  the  sum  of  (amount  of  interest) 
in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  the  semi- 
annual interest  due  on  Combined  Electric  Light 

and  Water  Works  Bond  No (No. 

of  bond  to  which  coupon  is  attached.) 


Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

Section  2.  That  bonds  of  the  said  City  of 
Avalon  in  the  sum  of  Fifty-five  Thousand  Dollars 
be  issued  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
the  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia^ entitled:  "An  act  authorizing  the  incur- 
ring of  indebtedness  by  cities,  towns,  and  mu- 
nicipal corporations  for  municipal  improvements 
and  regulating  the  acquisition,  construction,  or 
completion  thereof,"  which  became  a  law  Feb- 
ruary 25th,  1901,  together  with  all  amendments 
thereto,  and  with  the  Ordinances  of  said  City; 
that  said  bonds  shall  be  one  hundred  sixty  (160) 
in  number  and  forty  (40)  of  said  bonds  shall 
be  issued  in  the  denomination  of  One  Thousand 
($1,000.00)  Dollars  each,  and  eighty  (80)  of 
said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  the  denomination 
of  One  Hundred  ($100.00)  Dollars  each,  and 
forty  (40)  of  said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  the 
denomination  of  One  Hundred  Seventy-five 
($175.00)    Dollars  each,   and   the  principal  and 


3(8 


interest  thereof  shall  be  payable  in  lawful  money 
of  the  United  States.  They  shall  be  dated  June 
30th,  1919,  and  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  six 
per  cent  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  on 
the  30th  day  of  December  and  the  30th  day  of 
June  of  each  year.  And  said  one  hundred  sixty 
(160)  bonds  shall  be  payable  in  the  manner 
following: 

One  of  said  bonds  of  the  denomination  of 
$1,000.00,  and  two  of  said  bonds  of  the  denom- 
ination of  $100.00,  and  one  of  said  bonds  of  the 
denomination  of  $175.00  shall  be  paid  on  the 
30th  day  of  June,  1920,  and  one  of  said  bonds 
of  the  denomination  of  $1,000.00,  and  two  of 
said  bonds  of  the  denomination  of  $100.00,  and 
one  of  said  bonds  of  the  denomination  of 
$175.00  on  the  same  day  and  date  of  each  and 
every  year  thereafter,  at  the  City  Treasury  of 
said  City  of  Avalon,  together  with  the  interest 
on  all  sums  unpaid  at  such  date. 

Said  bonds  shall  be  substantially  in  the  fol- 
lowing form,  to-wit: 

No 


United    States    cf   America 

State   of  California 

City  of  Avalon 

Gas  Works  Bond 


Avalon,  California,  June   30,   1919. 

On  the  30th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  (year  of  ma- 
turity), the  City  of  Avalon  will  pay  to  the  bearer 
at  the  office  of  the  City  Treasurer  of  the  City 
of  Avalon,  in  the  County  of  Los  Angeles,  State 

of  California,  the  sum  of 

Dollars,  with  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent 
per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  on  the  30th 
day  of  December,  and  the  30th  day  of  June  of 
each  year,  as  specified  in  the  interest  coupons 
hereto  attached,  at  the  office  of  the  City  Treas- 
urer upon  the  presentation  and  surrender  of 
said  interest  coupons.  Principal  and  interest 
payable  in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States. 

This  bond  is  issued  in  pursuance  of  the  pro- 
visions of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State 


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of  California  entitled  "An  act  authorizing  the  in- 
curring of  indebtedness  by  cities,  towns,  and  mu- 
nicipal corporations  foi*  municipal  improvements, 
and  regulating  the  acquisition,  construction,  or 
completion  thereof,"  which  became  a  law  Feb- 
ruary 25th,  1901,  together  with  all  AmendmentSi 
thereto. 

IT  IS  FURTHER  CERTIFIED,  That  all  the 
requirements  of  Law  and  of  the  Ordinances  of 
the  City  of  Avalon  for  the  issuing  of  this  bond 
have  been  fully  complied  with  by  the  proper 
officers;  that  this  issue  of  bonds  has  been  duly 
authorized  by  the  votes  of  two-thirds  of  all  the 
voters  voting  at  a  special  election  duly  and  regu- 
larly called  and  held  in  said  City  on  the  3rd  day 
of  June,  1919,  and  that  the  total  amount  of  this 
issue,  together  with  all  indebtedness  of  said 
City,  does  not  in  the  aggregate  exceed  fifteen 
per  cent  of  the  assessed  value  of  all  the  real  and 
personal  property  of  the  said  City  of  Avalon, 
nor  does  it  exceed  the  limit  prescribed  by  the 
Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  The  said  City  of 
Avalon  has  caused  this  bond  to  be  signed  by  the 
Executive  of  said  municipality,  to- wit:  The  Pres- 
ident of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  City  of 
Avalon,  and  also  by  the  Treasurer  of  said  City, 
and  to  be  countersigned  by  the  Clerk  of  said 
City,  and  the  corporate  seal  of  said  City  to  be 
affixed  hereto;  and  the  City  has  caused  the  cou- 
pons hereto  attached  to  be  numbered  consecu- 
tively and  signed  by  the  Treasurer  of  said  City 
of  Avalon. 


President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City 
of  Avalon. 


Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 
Countersigned  by 
(SEAL) 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 
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That  interest  coupons  shall  be  attached  to 
each  of  said  one  hundred  and  sixty  bonds  rep- 
resenting each  installment  of  interest  to  accrue 
on  such  bonds  up  to  the  maturity  thereof,  which 
said  interest  coupons  shall  be  substantially  as 
follows: 

On  the  30th  day  of (month 

of  maturity),  A.  D ,  (year  of  ma- 
turity), the  City  of  Avalon  promises  to  pay  the 
bearer  at  the  office  of  the  City  Treasurer  of  the 

City  of  Avalon,  the  sum  of 

(amount  of  interest)  in  lawful  money  of  the 
United  States,  the  semi-annual  interest  due  on 

Gas  Works  Bond  No (number  of 

bond  to  which  coupon  is  attached). 


Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

Section  3.  That  the  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon  being  the  Ex- 
ecutive of  the  municipality,  and  the  City  Treas- 
urer of  said  City,  are  hereby  authorized  and  di- 
rected to  sign  all  the  bonds  herein  provided  for, 
and  the  City  Clerk  is  hereby  authorized  and  di- 
rected to  countersign  the  same  and  to  affix  the 
corporate  seal  of  the  City  of  Avalon  thereto, 
and  the  City  Treasurer  of  said  City  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  sign  the  interest  cou- 
pons of  said  bonds,  and  said  bonds  shall  be  de- 
livered by  said  City  Clerk  to  said  City  Treas- 
urer in  such  amounts  as  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  said  City  may  from  time  to  time  determine. 

Section  4.  That  for  the  purpose  of  paying 
the  principal  and  interest  on  such  bonds,  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  said  City  shall,  at  the  time 
of  fixing  the  general  tax  levy,  and  in  the  man- 
ner for  such  general  tax  levy  provided,  levy 
and  collect  annually,  each  year  until  said  bonds 
are  paid,  or  until  there  shall  be  a  sum  in  the 
Treasury  of  said  City,  set  apart  for  that  purpose, 
sufficient  to  meet  all  sums  coming  due  for  prin- 
cipal and  interest  on  such  bonds,  a  tax  sufficient 
to  pay  the  annual  interest  on  such  bonds,  and 
also  such  part  of  the  principal  thereof  as  shall 
become  due  before  the  time  for  fixing  the  next 
general  tax  levy. 


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Said  tax  shall  be  In  addition  to  all  other 
taxes  levied  for  municipal  purposes,  and  shall 
be  collected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  municipal  taxes  are  collected, 
and  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  than  the  pay- 
ment of  said  bonds  and  accruing  interest. 

Section  5.  The  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
Combined  Electric  Light  and  Water  Works  Bonds 
shall  be  placed  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit 
of  a  fund  to  be  known  as  the  Combined  Electric 
Light  and  Water  Works  Bond  fund,  and  the 
same  shall  be  applied  exclusively  for  the  pur- 
poses and  objects  above  mentioned  in  this  Or- 
dinance, for  which  such  indebtedness  of  $88,- 
000.00  was  incurred. 

Section  6.  The  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
Gas  Works  Bonds  shall  be  placed  in  the  City 
Treasury  to  the  credit  of  a  fund  to  be  known 
as  the  Gas  Works  Bond  fund,  and  the  same  shall 
be  applied  exclusively  for  the  purposes  and  ob- 
jects above  mentioned  in  this  Ordinance,  for 
which  such  indebtedness  of  $55,000.00  was  in- 
curred. 

Section  7.  The  City  Clerk  shall  certify  to 
the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  and  shall  cause 
the  same  to  be  published  once  in  The  Catallna 
Islander,  a  weekly  newspaper  of  general  circu- 
lation, published  and  circulated  in  said  City  of 
Avalon,  and  thereupon  and  thereafter  it  shall  be 
in  full  force  and  effect. 

Adopted  and  approved  this  12th  day  of  July, 
1919. 

P.  V.  REYES, 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City 

of   Avalon,   California. 

(SEAL) 
Attest:  F.  M.  TIDBALL, 

City   Clerk    of   the   City   of   Avalon. 

State  of  California,  ^ 

County  of  Los  Angeles,     v     ss. 
City   of  Avalon.  ) 

I,  F.  M.  Tidball,  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 
Avalon,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing 
Ordinance  was  duly  passed  by  the  Board  of  Trus- 


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tees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  State  of  California, 
and  approved  by  tlie  President  of  said  Board 
at  a  regular  meeting  thereof,  held  on  the  12th 
day  of  July,  1919,  and  that  the  same  was  passed 
by  the  following  vote,  to-wit: 

AYES — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hevren, 
Reyes. 

Noes — None. 
Absent — Trustee  Albert. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  the  seal  of  the  City  of  Avalon, 
California,  this  12th  day  of  July,  1919. 

(SEAL)  F.   M.  TIDBALL, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

(A  copy  of  said  Ordinance  No.  90  attached 
to  the  following  printer's  affidavit  is  on  file  in 
the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 
Avalon.) 

AFFIDAVIT  OF  PUBLICATION  OF  ORDI- 
NANCE NO.  90  OF  THE  CITY 
OF  AVALON 

State  of  California, 
County  of  Los  Angeles, 
City  of  Avalon. 

E.  Windle,  of  said  County  and  State,  being 
first  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  says: 

That  he  is  and  at  all  times  herein  mentioned 
was  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  over  eighteen 
years  of  age;  that  he  is  and  has  been  ever  since 
January  27th,  1914,  the  owner  and  publisher 
of  "The  Catalina  Islander,"  a  weekly  newspaper 
of  general  circulation,  published  and  circulated 
in  the  City  of  Avalon,  County  of  Los  Angeles, 
State  of  California,  and  that  said  newspaper 
now  is  and  has  been  ever  since  said  January 
27th,  1914,  published  for  the  dissemination  of 
local  news  and  intelligence  of  a  general  char- 
acter, and  now  has,  and  has  had  ever  since  said 
date,  a  bona  fide  subscription  list  of  paying  sub- 
scribers, and  that  said  newspaper  is,  and  has 
been  ever  since  said  date,  established,  printed 
and  published  at  regular  intervals,  to-wit:  on 
Tuesday  of  each  and  every  week,  in  the  State  of 


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California,  County  of  Los  Angeles,  City  of  Ava- 
lon,  and  that  said  newspaper  is,  and  has  been 
ever  since  said  January  27th,  1914,  a  newspaper 
of  general  circulation,  published  and  circulated 
in  said  City  of  Avalon,  as  the  same  is  defined  by 
Section  4460  of  the  Political  Code  of  the  State 
of  California,  and  is  a  newspaper  in  which  offi- 
cial printing  may  be  done  for  said  City,  and  that 
Ordinance  No.  90  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  of  which 
the  annexed  is  a  printed  copy,  was  published  in 
said  newspaper  once,  and  on  the  following  day, 
to- wit,  July  15th,  1919,  and  in  the  regular  and 
entire  issue  of  said  newspaper,  and  not  in  any 
supplement. 

E.  WINDLE, 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  21st  day 
of  August,  1919. 
(SEAL)  F.  M.  TIDBALL, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
July  18,  1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  Fri- 
day, July  18,  1919,  1:30  p.  m.  (Record  Book 
No.  4,  page  115.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  July  18,  <1919,  1:30  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment  at  the  above  time 
and  place. 

Roll  Call; 

Present — Trustees  Walton,  Hevren,  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Newberry  and  Albert. 

On  motion  the  Board  adjourned  to  Friday, 
July  18,  1919,  8:00  p.  m. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  July 
18,  1919,  8:00  p.  m.  (Record  Book  No.  4, 
page  116.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  July  18,  1919,  8:00  P.  M. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  July   18,   1919, 


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at  1:30  P.  M.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  reg- 
ular adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and 
place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Hev- 
ren  and  Reyes. 

Absent— Trustee  Albert. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  P.  M., 
Saturday,  July  12,  1919,  were  read,  and  on 
motion  were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  P.  M., 
Friday,  July  18,  1919,  were  read  and  on  motion 
were  approved  as  read. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  of 
August  1,  1919,  1:30  P.  M.  (Record  Book  No. 
4,  Page  122.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  August  1,  1919,  1:30  P.  M. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
met  in  regular  session  at  the  above  time  and 
place. 

Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Walton  and  Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Newberry,  Albert  and  Hev- 
ren. 

There  not  being  a  quorum  present  no  meet- 
ing was  held. 

It  was  moved,  seconded  and  carried  to  ad- 
journ to  Friday,  August  1,  1919,  8:00  P.  M. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California,  of 
August  1,  1919,  8:00  P.  M.  (Record  Book  No. 
4,  Page  123.) 

City  Hall,  Avalon,  California, 
Friday,  August  1,  1919,  8:00  P.  M. 

Pursuant  to  adjournment  of  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  held  Friday,  August  1,  1919, 
at  1:30  P.  M.,  the  Board  of  Trustees  met  in  reg- 
ular adjourned  session  at  the  above  time  and 
place. 


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Roll  Call: 

Present — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton  and 
Reyes. 

Absent — Trustees  Albert  and  Hevren. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  8:00  P.  M., 
Saturday,  July  26,  1919,  were  read,  and  on  mo- 
tion were  approved  as  read. 

The  minutes  of  meeting  held  at  1:30  P.  M., 
Friday,  August  1,  were  read,  and  on  motion  were 
approved  as  read. 

Trustee  Walton  offered  a  Resolution  entitled 
"A  Resolution  directing  the  City  Clerk  of  the 
City  of  Avalon  to  advertise  for  sale  certain 
Municipal  Bonds  of  said  City."  Said  Resolution 
was  then  read  and  on  motion  said  Resolution, 
being  Resolution  No.  123,  was  adopted  by  the 
following  vote: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton  and  Reyes. 

Noes — None. 

Absent — -Trustees  Albert  and  Hevren. 

(Said  Resolution  No.  123,  as  adopted,  is  as 
follows) : 

RESOLUTION  NO.  123 

A  RESOLUTION  DIRECTING  THE  CITY 
CLERK  OF  THE  CITY  OF  AVALON  TO 
ADVERTISE  FOR  SALE  CERTAIN  MUNICI- 
PAL BONDS  OF  SAID  CITY. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
do  resolve  as  follows: 

That  the  City  Clerk  be,  and  she  is  hereby 
directed  to  publish  by  two  insertions  in  The  Cata- 
lina  Islander,  a  weekly  newspaper  of  general 
circulation,  published  and  circulated  in  said  City 
of  Avalon,  a  notice  inviting  proposals  to  pur- 
chase certain  Municipal  Bonds  of  said  City  in 
the  following  form. 

NOTICE  OF  SALE  OF  COMBINED  ELECTRIC 
LIGHT  AND  WATER  WORKS  BONDS,  AND 
GAS  WORKS  BONDS  OF  THE  CITY  OF 
AVALON,  CALIFORNIA. 

Sealed  proposals  will  be  received  by  the  City 
Clerk   of  the   City   of   Avalon,    California,   until 


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7:30  o'clock  P.  M.  of  Friday,  August  29th,  1919, 
to  purchase  certain  Municipal  Bonds  of  said  City 
of  Avalon,  to-wit: 

First.  Combined  Electric  Light  and  Water 
Works  Bonds  in  the  amount  of  Eighty-eight 
Thousand  ($88,000.00)  Dollars.  Said  Bonds  are 
forty-year  serials  and  are  one  hundred  and  sixty 
in  number,  eighty  of  said  Bonds  in  the  denomi- 
nation of  One  Thousand  ($1,000.00)  Dollars 
each,  and  eighty  of  said  Bonds  in  the  denomina- 
tion of  One  Hundred  ($100.00)  Dollars  each, 
and  the  principal  and  interest  thereon  are  pay- 
able in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States.  They 
are  dated  June  30th,  1919,  and  bear  interest  at 
the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per  annum,  payable  semi- 
annually on  the  30th  day  of  December  and  30th 
day  of  June  of  each  year. 

Two  of  said  bonds  of  the  denomination  of 
One  Thousand  ($1,000.00)  Dollars  and  two  of 
said  Bonds  of  the  denomination  of  One  Hundred 
($100.00)  Dollars  are  due  and  payable  on  the 
30th  day  of  June,  1920,  and  two  of  said  Bonds 
of  the  denomination  of  One  Thousand  ($1000.00) 
Dollars  and  two  of  said  Bonds  of  the  denomina- 
tion of  One  Hundred  ($100.00)  Dollars,  on  the 
same  day  and  date  of  each  and  every  year  there- 
after, at  the  City  Treasury  of  said  City  of  Ava- 
lon, together  with  the  interest  on  all  sums  un- 
paid at  such  date. 

Second.  Gas  Works  Bonds  of  said  City  of 
Avalon  in  the  amount  of  Fifty-five  Thousand 
($5  5,000.00)  Dollars.  Said  Bonds  are  forty- 
year  serials  and  are  one  hundred  and  sixty  in 
number,  forty  of  said  Bonds  in  the  denomina- 
tion of  One  Thousand  ($1000.00)  Dollars  each, 
and  eighty  of  said  Bonds  in  the  denomination  of 
One  Hundred  ($100.00)  Dollars  each,  and  forty 
of  said  Bonds  in  the  denomination  of  One  Hun- 
dred and  Seventy-five  ($175.00)  Dollars  each, 
and  the  principal  and  interest  thereon  are  pay- 
able in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States.  They 
are  dated  June  30th,  1919,  and  bear  interest  at 
the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per  annum,  payable  semi- 
annually on  the  30th  day  of  December  and  the 
30th  day  of  June  of  each  year. 


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One  of  said  Bonds  of  the  denomination  or 
One  Thousand  ($1,000.00)  Dollars  and  two  of 
said  Bonds  of  the  denomination  of  One  Hundred 
($100.00)  Dollars,  and  one  of  said  Bonds  of  the 
denomination  of  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-five 
($175.00)  Dollars  are  due  and  payable  on  the 
30th  day  of  June,  1920,  and  one  of  said  Bonds 
of  the  denomination  of  One  Thousand  ($1000.00) 
Dollars  and  two  of  said  Bonds  of  the  denomina- 
tion of  One  Hundred  ($100.00)  Dollars,  and  one 
of  said  Bonds  of  the  denomination  of  One  Hun- 
dred and  Seventy-five  ($175.00)  Dollars,  on  the 
same  day  and  date  of  each  and  every  year  there- 
after, at  the  City  Treasury  of  said  City  of  Ava- 
lon,  together  with  the  interest  on  all  sums  un- 
paid at  such  date. 

All  of  said  Bonds  are  issued  under  the  au- 
thority of  the  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State 
of  California,  entitled  "An  Act  authorizing  the 
incurring  of  indebtedness  by  cities,  towns  and 
municipal  corporations  for  municipal  improve- 
ments, and  regulating  the  acquisition,  construc- 
tion, or  completion  thereof,"  which  became  a 
law  February  25th,  1901,  and  the  amendments 
thereto,  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  law  and  the  ordinances  of  said  City. 

No  proposals  for  said  bonds  will  be  enter- 
tained at  less  than  their  face  value  together 
with  the  accrued  interest  to  the  date  of  their  de- 
livery, and  all  bids  or  proposals  submitted  will 
be  construed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said 
City  to  mean  par  and  accrued  interest  to  the 
date  of  delivery  of  said  bonds  in  addition  to  the 
premium  offered,  whether  the  bids  or  proposals 
set  forth  the  same  explicitly  or  not. 

The  said  bonds  will  be  ready  for  delivery  on 
or  about  September  15th,  1919,  and  will  be  de- 
livered at  the  City  Treasurer's  office  in  the  City 
of  Avalon,  California,  or  at  any  designated  place 
upon  the  payment  by  the  purchaser  of  all  ex- 
penses incurred  by  the  delivery  of  the  bonds  and 
transfer  of  the  money  necessary  to  make  deliv- 
ery and  payment  equivalent  to  a  transaction  at 
the  office  of  the  City  Treasurer  in  the  said  City 
of  Avalon. 


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All  bids  or  proposals  providing  for  delivery 
at  any  place  other  than  the  City  of  Avalon,  Cal- 
ifornia, will  be  construed  by  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees to  mean  the  price  bid  in  addition  to  the  ex- 
penses of  delivery,  whether  the  bid  or  proposal 
sets  forth  the  same  explicitly  or  not. 

Separate  proposals  or  bids  may  be  submitted 
for  said  Combined  Electric  Light  and  Water 
Works  Bonds  and  for  said  Gas  Works  Bonds. 
With  each  proposal  or  bid  for  said  Combined 
Electric  Light  and  Water  Works  Bonds  must 
be  submitted  a  certified  check  drawn  upon  some 
bank  in  the  State  of  California,  payable  to  the 
order  of  the  City  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Avalon 
for  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  ($1,000.00)  Dol- 
lars; and  with  each  proposal  or  bid  for  said  Gas 
Works  Bonds  must  be  submitted  a  certified  check 
drawn  upon  some  bank  in  the  State  of  California, 
payable  to  the  order  of  the  City  Treasurer  of  the 
City  of  Avalon,  for  the  sum  of  Five  Hundred 
($500.00)  Dollars  as  a  guarantee  that  the  bidder 
will  purchase  and  pay  for  said  bonds  in  accord- 
ance with  his  proposal  in  the  event  the  bid  is 
accepted. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  City  reserves 
the  right  to  reject  any  and  all  bids  or  proposals. 

By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
City  of  Avalon,  made  at  a  regular  meeting  of 
said   Board   August    1st,    1919. 

F.  M.  TIDBALL, 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California. 

Adopted  this  1st  day  of  August,  1919. 

P.  V.  REYES, 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City 

of  Avalon,  California. 

(SEAL) 
Attest:  F.  M.  TIDBALL, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

State  of  California,  i 

County  of  Los  Angeles,    >  ss. 
City  of  Avalon,  j 

I,  F.  M.  Tidball.  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 
Avalon,    do    hereby    certify    that    the    foregoing 


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Resolution  was  duly  passed  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  State  of  Califor- 
nia, and  signed  by  the  President  of  said  Board 
at  a  regular  meeting  thereof,  held  on  the  1st 
day  of  August,  1919,  and  that  the  same  was 
passed  by  the  following  vote,  to-wit: 

Ayes — Trustees  Newberry,  Walton,  Reyes. 

Noes — None. 

Absent — Trustees  Albert  and  Hevren. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  the  seal  of  the  City  of  Avalon, 
California,  this  1st  day  of  August,  1919. 

F.  M.  TIDBALL, 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 
(SEAL) 

(The  following  printer's  affidavit  attached 
to  a  printed  copy  of  the  Notice  of  Sale,  above 
set  forth  in  said  Resolution  No.  123,  is  on  file 
in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 
Avalon. ) 

AFFIDAVIT  OF  PUBLICATION  OF  NOTICE  OF 
SALE  OF  COMBINED  ELECTRIC  LIGHT 
AND  WATER  WORKS  BONDS,  AND  GAS 
WORKS  BONDS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  AVA- 
LON, CALIFORNIA. 

State  of  California,  \ 

County  of  Los  Angeles,  t  ss. 
City  of  Avalon,  \ 

E.  Windle  of  said  County  and  State,  being 
first  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  says: 

That  he  is  and  at  all  times  herein  mentioned 
was  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  over  eighteen 
years  of  age;  that  he  is  and  has  been  ever  since 
January  27th,  1914,  the  owner  and  publisher 
of  "The  Catalina  Islander,"  a  weekly  newspaper 
of  general  circulation,  published  and  circulated 
In  the  City  of  Avalon,  County  of  Los  Angeles, 
State  of  California,  and  that  said  newspaper  now 
is  and  has  been  ever  since  said  January  27th, 
1914,  published  for  the  dissemination  of  local 
news  and  intelligence  of  a  general  character,  and 
now  has,  and'  has  had  ever  since  said  date,  a 
bona  fide  subscription  list  of  paying  subscribers. 


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and  that  said  newspaper  is,  and  has  been  ever 
since  said  date,  established,  printed  and  pub- 
lished at  regular  intervals,  to-wit,  on  Tuesday  of 
each  and  every  week,  in  the  State  of  California, 
County  of  Los  Angeles,  City  of  Avalon,  and  that 
said  newspaper  is  and  has  been  ever  since  said 
January  27th,  1914,  a  newspaper  of  general  cir- 
culation, published  and  circulated  in  said  City  of 
Avalon,  as  the  same  is  defined  by  Section  4460 
of  the  Political  Code  of  the  State  of  California, 
and  is  a  newspaper  in  which  official  printing  may 
be  done  for  said  City,  and  that  Notice  of  Sale 
of  Combined  Electric  Light  and  Water  Works 
Bonds,  and  Gas  Works  Bonds  of  the  City  of  Ava- 
lon, California,  of  which  the  annexed  is  a  printed 
copy,  was  published  in  said  newspaper  two  times, 
and  on  the  following  days,  to-wit,  August  5th 
and  August  12th,  1919,  and  in  the  regular  and 
entire  issue  of  said  newspaper,  and  not  in  any 
supplement. 

E.  WINDLE. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  21st 
day  of  August,  1919. 

F.   M.    TIDBALL, 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon. 

(SEAL) 


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State  of  California,  i 

County  of  Los  Angeles,  \.  ss. 
City  of  Avalon,     •  ) 

I,  F.  M.  Tidball,  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 
Avalon,  California,  do  hereby  certify  that  the 
foregoing  is  a  full,  true  and  correct  copy  of  the 
Records,  Ordinances  and  Proceedings  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  of  Avalon  and 
Affidavits  of  Publication  in  the  matter  of  author- 
izing the  issue  of  Bonds  in  the  sum  of  $88,000.00 
for  the  acquisition,  construction  and  completion 
of  combined  Electric  Light  and  Water  Works, 
and  in  the  sum  of  $55,000.00  for  the  acquisition, 
construction  and  completion  of  Gas  Works  by 
the  City  of  Avalon. 

I  also  further  certify  that  all  the  proceedings 
of  said  Board  of  Trustees  had  in  said  matter, 
were  at  regular  meetings  of  said  Board,  or  at 
regular  adjourned  meetings  thereof,  and  that 
the  minutes  of  said  meetings  were  regularly  and 
duly  approved  and  signed. 

All  of  which  duly  appears  from  the  official 
records,  minutes  and  files  in  my  office  in  the 
City  Hall  of  said  City  of  Avalon,  California. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  the  official  seal  of  the  City  of 

Avalon,  California,  this  day  of  September. 

1919. 


City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Avalon,  California. 


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